Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design

Y Zhao, DP Adiyeri Saseendran, C Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

The progress and outlook of metal single-atom-site catalysis

X Liang, N Fu, S Yao, Z Li, Y Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom-site catalysts (SASCs) featuring maximized atom utilization and isolated active
sites have progressed tremendously in recent years as a highly prosperous branch of …

High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis

X Lei, Q Tang, Y Zheng, P Kidkhunthod, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution of molecular oxygen, known as oxygen
electrocatalysis, is one of the most important reactions that are central to a range of energy …

Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

S Zhang, J Wu, M Zheng, X Jin, Z Shen, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of nitrate to ammonia offers an efficient approach to reducing
nitrate pollutants and a potential technology for low-temperature and low-pressure ammonia …

Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst

FY Chen, ZY Wu, S Gupta, DJ Rivera… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate ions, a widely distributed nitrogen source in industrial
wastewater and polluted groundwater, into ammonia represents a sustainable route for both …

Long‐range interactions in diatomic catalysts boosting electrocatalysis

WH Li, J Yang, D Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The simultaneous presence of two active metal centres in diatomic catalysts (DACs) leads to
the occurrence of specific interactions between active sites. Such interactions, referred to as …

High-density cobalt single-atom catalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

P Kumar, K Kannimuthu, AS Zeraati… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single atom catalysts (SACs) possess unique catalytic properties due to low-coordination
and unsaturated active sites. However, the demonstrated performance of SACs is limited by …

Rhodium nanocrystals on porous graphdiyne for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from saline water

Y Gao, Y Xue, L Qi, C Xing, X Zheng, F He… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The realization of the efficient hydrogen conversion with large current densities at low
overpotentials represents the development trend of this field. Here we report the atomic …

A site distance effect induced by reactant molecule matchup in single‐atom catalysts for Fenton‐like reactions

B Wang, C Cheng, M Jin, J He, H Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the site interaction nature of single‐atom catalysts (SACs), especially
densely populated SACs, is vital for their application to various catalytic reactions. Herein …

Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future

B Wang, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a vibrant subset of luminescent nanomaterials exhibiting structural
and physicochemical properties that make them an ideal platform for the development of …